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Usage

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This inline template is used to highlight text that may need one or more examples.

{{Example needed-span|Text needing an example|date=Month and year}}

Parameters

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|text= or |1= (or an empty parameter): the text that is considered to need one or more examples
|date=: the date the tag was added
|plural=: enter 'y' or 'yes' to change 'example' to 'examples'.

Example

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Input:

{{Example needed-span|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet|date=November 2025}}

Result:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet^{[example needed ]}

Input with plural setting:

{{Example needed-span|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet|date=November 2025|plural=y}}

Result:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet^{[examples needed ]}

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Example needed span

Use this inline template to highlight text that may need one or more examples.

Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Text needing an example	`1` `text`	The text that is considered to need one or more examples	String	required
Month and year	`date`	Month and year of tagging; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13' Example January 2013 Auto value `{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}`	String	suggested
Plural	`plural`	Enter 'y' or 'yes' to change 'example' to 'examples'. Example y Auto value `y`	String	optional

{{By how much }} {{Definition }} {{Definition span }} {{Definition needed }} {{Example needed }} {{Example needed span }} {{Explain }} {{Explain-wrap }} {{From where }} {{How }} {{How often }} {{Misquoted }} {{More detail needed }} {{Of what }} {{Quantify }} {{Specify }} {{Vague }} {{When }} {{Where }} {{Where-geo }} {{Which }} {{Who else }} {{Why }} {{Year needed }}
Excessive	{{Duplication span }} {{Globalize inline }} {{Importance example }} {{Importance inline }} {{Infobox clutter }} {{List entry too long }} {{Long quote }} {{Off topic paragraph }} {{Off topic sentence }} {{Overly detailed inline }} {{Over-explained }} {{Relevance inline }} {{Undue weight inline }}

Time-sensitivity

Verifiability

Dubious	{{Contradictory inline }} {{Discuss }} {{Disputed inline }} {{Dubious }} {{Dubious span }} {{Inconsistent }} {{Needs independent confirmation }} {{Speculation inline }}
Bare URLs	{{Bare URL inline }} {{Bare URL AV media }} {{Bare URL DOC }} {{Bare URL image }} {{Bare URL non-HTML }} {{Bare URL PDF }} {{Bare URL plain text }} {{Bare URL spreadsheet }}
Incomplete or broken citation	{{Author incomplete }} {{Author missing }} {{Broken footnote }} {{Date missing }} {{Dead link }} {{Dead YouTube link }} {{Deep link needed }} {{Edition needed }} {{Episode needed }} {{Full citation needed }} {{Incomplete short citation }} {{ISBN missing }} {{Missing long citation }} {{Moved resource }} {{Page needed }} {{Pages needed }} {{Permanent dead link }} {{Place missing }} {{Publisher missing }} {{Season needed }} {{Time needed }} {{Title incomplete }} {{Title missing }} {{Unused source }} {{Volume needed }} {{Year missing }}
Missing or problematic reference	{{Additional citation needed }} {{AI-generated inline }} {{AI-generated source? }} {{AI-retrieved source }} {{Better source needed }} {{Better source needed example }} {{Check quotation }} {{Chronology citation needed }} {{Circular reference }} {{Circular reporting }} {{Citation needed }} {{Citation needed span }} {{Citation needed paragraph }} {{Citation not found }} {{Close paraphrasing inline }} {{COI source }} {{Deprecated inline }} {{Excessive citations inline }} {{Failed verification }} {{Failed verification span }} {{Image reference needed }} {{Independent source inline }} {{Irrelevant citation }} {{Marketing material }} {{Medical citation needed }} {{Medical citation needed span }} {{Misplaced footnote }} {{Nonspecific }} {{Not verified in body }} {{Not verified in body span }} {{Obsolete source }} {{Page range too broad }} {{Primary source inline }} {{Promotional source }} {{Quote without source }} {{Request quotation }} {{Request quotation span }} {{Retracted }} {{Scientific citation needed }} {{Self-published inline }} {{Self-published source }} {{Shallow reference inline }} {{Tertiary source inline }} {{Text-source inline }} {{Independent source inline }} {{Unreliable source? }} {{Unreliable fringe source }} {{Unreliable medical source }} {{Unreliable scientific source }} {{User-generated inline }} {{User-generated source }} {{Verify quote }} {{Verify source }} {{Whose quote }}

Wording

General advice

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